Given the Japanese didn’t have the anti-tank guns to take on the Sherman or the Australian Matilda tanks, they had to resort to drastic means.

This often required soldiers to take on an extreme risk even sacrificing their own life. The most common was the lunge mine depicted in this post.

Other options used included strapping themselves with magnetic mines, or hiding in a pit and thrusting an artillery shell up into the bottom of the tank.

Up two three teams of one man can be taken for a single list slot.

More Japanese to follow tomorrow.